Urban population in Nepal is expanding rapidly, placing enormous pressure on urban basic services like shelter, safe drinking water and sanitation, drainage and sewerage, transportation and waste management. Environmental health risks from unsafe drinking water, poor hygiene behavior, lack of sanitation and prolong exposure to indoor air pollution (IAP) in poorly ventilated kitchens is very high in Nepal. This situation is deteriorating with rapid and haphazard urbanization as urban poor are often forced to live in very crowded and unhygienic settlements. Municipal authorities who have limited resources are struggling to meet the increasing demands for environmental health services - water, sanitation and household (HH) energy.
There are huge opportunities for municipalities, NGOs and INGOs to work in collaboration with the community in order to improve their access to safe drinking water; better sanitation facilities; improved hygiene practices among community people including women and children through strong partnerships between state and non-state actors and improved linkages between state, non-state and private sector actors to institutionalize environmental health improvement measures.
Source: SWASHTHA project, Accessed through ENPHO.
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